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Peak listening levels-
Curious about this- what do you consider LOUD but still enjoyable?
For me, it's somewhere around 100dB peak, give or take a few dB
Years ago when I had Magneplanars I learned the hard way what happens to a ribbon tweeter at too high a level. It breaks.
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Are you measuring the 100db at your chair?
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I average 88db with peaks sometimes around 93db. That's as loud as I want to hear it. I sit 12 feet away from the speakers and these are the measurements at my listening chair.
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For me getting into the 90db range at the listening chair is really loud. All my listening is down in the low to mid 80db range.
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